Jafar Sarmad Mustafa, Hussein Zaid Rajab, Yasir Muthanna Basheer
Jenna Ophthalmic Center, Baghdad, Iraq.
Iraqi Ministry of Health, Ibn Al Haitham Teaching Eye Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2024 Nov 26;36:102225. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2024.102225. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Assess the effectiveness of a subthreshold micropulse laser for treating a patient with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and subretinal fluid.
A 55-year-old female presented with left eye blurring vision and metamorphopsia, and her visual acuity was 20/60. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography showed subretinal fluid and pigmented epithelium detachment with a small polyp under the retinal pigmented epithelium, which was diagnosed as polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. She was treated with a subthreshold micropulse (577nm) laser and showed a dramatic response within 12 weeks with the disappearance of subretinal fluid and visual acuity improving to 20/25.
A subthreshold micropulse laser might be an effective and safe option for treating patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and subretinal fluid.
评估阈下微脉冲激光治疗息肉样脉络膜血管病变伴视网膜下液患者的有效性。
一名55岁女性因左眼视力模糊和视物变形就诊,视力为20/60。光学相干断层扫描(OCT)和OCT血管造影显示视网膜下液和色素上皮脱离,视网膜色素上皮下有一个小息肉,诊断为息肉样脉络膜血管病变。她接受了阈下微脉冲(577nm)激光治疗,12周内出现显著反应,视网膜下液消失,视力提高到20/25。
阈下微脉冲激光可能是治疗息肉样脉络膜血管病变伴视网膜下液患者的一种有效且安全的选择。